Tropical News

March 28, 2022

TRIDI FARMERS REAPING BIG, OFF SERI-MONEY

TRIDI is currently employing over 1500 Ugandans and many among these, have reaped greatly out of the chunks of cake shares which sericulture has served to them, ever since they joined the project. “I have since built my own shelter, paid my children’s school fees and bought a goat plus catered for many other household and personal necessities out of the money I earn as a casual worker for the project,” Ms. Melon Katwesigye, a casual worker working with TRIDI.
March 24, 2022

Seri-tribute to the Parish Development Model

The project, is currently being implemented in 24 districts i.e. Bukedea, Kiruhura, Sheema, Lira, Luweero, Kween, Nwoya, Pallisa, Busia, Bulambuli, Gomba, Kayunga, Nakaseke, Iganga, Mubende, Buikwe, Zombo, Pader, among others, with 1,548 acres of mulberry established and 2 factories under installation in Sheema and Kween. This has created jobs for over 700 Ugandans directly, who derive their livelihoods from the silk project. The project’s target is 50,000 acres of mulberry plantations, silk reeling factories in 50 districts across all regions of Uganda.
March 21, 2022

THE BEAUTY OF HYGIENE IN SILKWORM REARING FOR SILK PRODUCTION

Make it habit, like you do in eating that you have to wash hands before you eat, wash hands before entering a rearing house or touching anything in the rearing house, then also after leaving it, wash your hands again. This will generally help solve most of the disease challenges
December 2, 2021

SILK COUNCIL (ISEPC)

You are invited to participate @ ISEPC1 India @ DoC-Gol 10th India International Silk Fair cum RBSM supported by DoC and MoT @ Gurugram December 18th-20th […]